Sri Jegarajah

Senior Correspondent, CNBC

Sri Jegarajah is a CNBC Senior Correspondent based in Singapore. An experienced business and financial markets correspondent who specializes in commodities since 1997, Sri follows global energy developments closely.

Covering financial markets for more than 15 years, Sri has reported on major global events including includingthe 2016 Jakarta attacks, 2008 financial crisis, the Indian Ocean tsunami and the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami disaster from Tokyo. He twice received the Bronze Medal in 2009 and 2013 for Best News Correspondent by the New York Festivals International TV & Films Awards.

Prior to joining CNBC in 2005, Sri was an energy reporter for Dow Jones Newswires and Bloomberg News in Singapore.

The Trump administration's hard line approach to trade talks may be paying off with other nations, experts told CNBC, but it isn't guaranteed to work when applied to China — and may even make matters worse.

Southeast Asian countries that are burning through their foreign exchange reserves to defend their plummeting currencies can turn to a regional safety net — known as the Chiang Mai Initiative — if their positions deteriorate, analysts said last week.